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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1312

Lagos
Early Letters
1849 (10 Jan.) missionary entire letter to London, headed "Badagry", rated "1/-" (double rate ship letter), showing reverse step-type "ship letter/kingsbridge" in blue-black (Type S.2) and, on reverse, Kingsbridge (1.5) and arrival (2.5) datestamps. Very rare, the second earliest known item of mail from Lagos. Photo

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£1,100